Why Nitrogen Fixation?
Our atmosphere has 78% nitrogen gas. Rhizobium are known to form symbiotic relationships with leguminous plants (plants give organic compounds made by photosynthesis ,in return bacteria fix nitrogen for the plant ) . Nitrogen is one of the essential constituents of all living organisms as part of proteins, chlorophyll, nucleic acids and vitamins. Nitrogen cannot be taken directly by plants and animals to convert nitrogen into usable form there is a phenomenon called fixation which occurs in leguminous plants only.
Rhizobium
Rhizobium is a bacterium that has good as well as bad effects on plants, animals, and the environment. It is a group of bacteria, some are very useful for us whereas some are pathogenic. Rhizobium is known to be a very good symbiote, symbiotic relationship between leguminous plants and rhizobium plays a very important role in our environment. Diseases caused by rhizobium are so hard to cure, do you know why it is so? We will talk more about Rhizobium in this article.
Table of Content
- What is Rhizobium?
- Role of Rhizobium
- What is Nitrogen Fixation?
- Why Nitrogen Fixation?
- Classification of Rhizobium
- Disease Caused by Rhizobium